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| 3 | James Brian Mark Purefoy (born June 3, 1964 in Taunton, Somerset, England) is an English actor. |
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| 5 | He is best known for his roles as UsefulNotes/MarkAntony in the semi-historical drama series ''Series/{{Rome}}'' and Literature/SolomonKane in [[Film/SolomonKane the eponymous movie]]. |
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| 7 | He is mostly known for playing smug and slimy villainous characters, occasionally tapping into a more sadistic and sinister archetype, although he's had some heroic roles, such as Sir Thomas Colville in ''Film/AKnightsTale''. |
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| 9 | !!Selected filmography: |
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| 11 | * ''{{Series/Sharpe}}'' (''[[Recap/SharpeS3E3SharpesSword Sharpe's Sword]]'') as Captain Jack Spears (1995) |
| 12 | * ''Film/{{Lighthouse}}'' as Richard Spader (1999) |
| 13 | * ''Film/AKnightsTale'' as Sir Thomas Colville[=/=]Edward, the Black Prince (2001) |
| 14 | * ''Film/ResidentEvil2002'' as Spence Parks (2002) |
| 15 | * ''Film/GeorgeAndTheDragon'' as George (2004) |
| 16 | * ''Series/{{Rome}}'' as UsefulNotes/MarkAntony (2005-2007) |
| 17 | * ''Series/ThePhilanthropist'' as Teddy Rist (2009) |
| 18 | * ''Film/SolomonKane'' as Solomon Kane (2010) |
| 19 | * ''Series/{{Camelot}}'' as King Lot (2011) |
| 20 | * ''Film/JohnCarter'' as Kantos Kan (2012) |
| 21 | * ''Series/TheHollowCrown'' as Thomas Mobwray (2012) |
| 22 | * ''Series/TheFollowing'' as Joe Carroll (2013-2015) |
| 23 | * ''Series/HapAndLeonard'' as Hap Collins (2016-2018) |
| 24 | * ''{{Film/Churchill}}'' as King George VI (2017) |
| 25 | * ''Series/AlteredCarbon'' as Laurens Bancroft (2018) |
| 26 | * ''Franchise/TalesOfArcadia'' as Kanjigar the Courageous (voice) (2016-2019) |
| 27 | * ''Film/FishermansFriends'' as Jim (2019) |
| 28 | * ''Series/SexEducation'' as Remi Milburn (2019-) |
| 29 | * ''Series/{{Pennyworth}}'' as Gulliver Troy (2020-2022) |
| 30 | * ''Series/{{Marie Antoinette|2022}}'' as [[UsefulNotes/LouisXV King Louis XV of France]] (2022) |
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| 32 | !!Tropes associated with him: |
| 33 | * CelebrityResemblance: To Creator/HughJackman, to the point that sometimes they're confused for each other. |
| 34 | * FakeAmerican: He often portrays American characters with a rather convincing accent, such as Hap Collins and Spence Parks. |
| 35 | * LargeHam: He can be very theatrical when he needs to be, especially when his characters go into villainous cackling bouts. Nicely averted with his very subtle performance as George VI in ''Churchill''. |
| 36 | * MrFanservice: He's not afraid to show his body, even being bold enough to feature MaleFrontalNudity in some of his performances. |
| 37 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: He was cast as V in ''Film/VForVendetta'', but dropped out six weeks into the filming. He had shot several scenes as the character, but he was wearing a mask and a cloak, so his material was included in the film, with Creator/HugoWeaving dubbing over Purefoy's performance and filming the rest of the scenes. |
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